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"School continues for Jem and Scout.They find many more 'gifts' in the Radley tree, including carved images of themselves."
"However, Nathan Radley fills the knot-hole with cement, giving the dubious excuse that the tree is sick."
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"During a rare cold snap, it actually snows. Jem and Scout construct a mud-and-snow man resembling their plump neighbour, Mr Avery."
"Overnight, Miss Maudie's house burns down. While Scout is standing watching near the Radley house, someone wraps a blanket around her."
"Who else can it be but Boo Radley?"
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"Scout learns that her father will be defending a negro named Tom Robinson."
"Life becomes difficult when she must endure the taunts of her schoolmates, who are conditioned by the prejudiced society in which they live."
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"Scout and Jem learn, to their amazement, that their 'feeble'father is actually a crack shot."
"In an encounter with a dangerous rabid dog, the sheriff asks Atticus to shoot the crazed animal."
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"Miss Maudie explains to the children why Atticus says it is a sin to kill a mockingbird."
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"When a neighbour, the cranky Mrs Dubose, insults Atticus, Jem destroys her flowering camellias."
"As a punishment, he is made to go to her house and read to the sick old lady every day."
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"Later, after Mrs Dubose's death, Atticus reveals that she was fighting her addiction to morphine."
"He offers her case as an example of 'real courage', as opposed to his own shooting of the mad dog."
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"Atticus defines courage as"
"*when you know you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway, and see it through no matter what."